John Kane-Berman
John Kane-Berman, a graduate of Wits and Oxford (where he was a Rhodes Scholar), is a former CEO of the IRR. Prior to that he spent ten years in journalism, where he was senior assistant editor of the Financial Mail and South African correspondent for numerous foreign papers. He is the author of several books on South African politics, and has also published his memoirs.
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Climate: fake news and false alarms fuel the frenzy
Once upon a time there was a British newspaper that believed in free markets and limited government. Not any more. The Economist now favours ‘re-wiring’
Climate: fake news and false alarms fuel the frenzy
Once upon a time there was a British newspaper that believed in free markets and limited government. Not any more. The Economist now favours ‘re-wiring’
‘Time for us all to pull together.’ Really?
Last week Cyril Ramaphosa declared that it was now time for us all to ‘pull together and grow South Africa’. He and his colleagues have
‘Time for us all to pull together.’ Really?
Last week Cyril Ramaphosa declared that it was now time for us all to ‘pull together and grow South Africa’. He and his colleagues have
Racism at Princeton: now you see it, now you don’t
Dear oh dear, what a pretty kettle of fish! In October last year Princeton put out a press statement announcing that the university was ‘extremely
Racism at Princeton: now you see it, now you don’t
Dear oh dear, what a pretty kettle of fish! In October last year Princeton put out a press statement announcing that the university was ‘extremely
Clicks: Losing all sense of proportion
That the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) should have seized upon the Clicks hair advertisement to showcase their propensity for violence was only to be expected.
Clicks: Losing all sense of proportion
That the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) should have seized upon the Clicks hair advertisement to showcase their propensity for violence was only to be expected.
Media hostility must not now throw the DA off course
Nobody should be surprised that the recent decision of the Democratic Alliance (DA) to reject race as a means of classifying people has attracted so
Some neat rejoinders to the modern-day McCarthyism of the Left
How about that? Several media outlets are outraged at the announcement last month by Facebook that it will remove ‘dangerous’ material put up by ‘anarchist